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Intermittent access 20% ethanol drinking increases the number of c-Fos-immunoreactive (c-Fos-IR) nuclei in the paraventricular thalamus (PVT), specifically in the anterior PVT (aPVT) but not the posterior PVT (pPVT) (Set 2, n = 8/group; Week 6 of access). Numbers are average per group of total number of c-Fos-positive nuclei per rat.
| Brain Region | Number of c-Fos-IR cells | |
|---|---|---|
| Water | Ethanol | |
| PVT | 52 ± 4 | 64 ± 3* |
| aPVT | 30 ± 2 | 43 ± 5* |
| pPVT | 22 ± 2 | 21 ± 4 |
p < 0.05 vs. Water group.
